It’s situations like this that lead my wife to remind me that there is no difference between following a pro-sports team and watching every episode of the Housewives of whatever.  I usually inhale deeply to offer a rebuttal, but then stories like this deflate my response quicker than a Patriots ball boy on AFC…

Albert is Norm

Barry is Kramer

Yes.

Ray Ratto thinks every time a team wants a play reviewed, it should have to pay $1 million in cash on the spot to a local charity, or take the call it got and shut up about it.

And yet, I’m starring your comment, because it is a good take.

The man was the .gif that keeps on .giffing.

I’m 94% certain these logos are all “create a franchise” options on Madden ‘12.

What is it with Indiana and murals?

Shit. Didn’t see you taking a similar tack. I guess the good news is between us we’ve nicknamed Gossage’s entire package. I guess this motivational poster behind me is true, teamwork does make the dream work!

This reminds me of a story of the time Ted Williams was asked for an autograph by a young pitcher who had just struck him out, which is recounted in David Halberstam’s outstanding book, The Teammates. The relevant portion is pasted below from some random source on the Internet, but it seems accurate enough based on my…

On the plus side, their families can now refer to them as felons rather than former Mets.

“Recently I have noticed a lot of people responding to text messages using the “Thumbs Up” emoji. Every time I receive this as a response to a text message it makes me furious.”

LET’S GOOOOOOO when they’ve already went. It’s a poor substitute for FUCK YEAH

Is Ben Roethlisberger going to sue them for stealing his life story?

‘Ha, ha, ha, ha, hey, look at that high wasted man. He got feminine hips.’

Robotic umpiring is how my dystopian sci- fi novel begins. Spoiler alert, it ends with Jim Joyce saving what’s left of the human race and baseball.